Work & commute · Folcroft

Work & commute in Folcroft, PA

Most working residents leave Folcroft for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (32%), Lower Merion (3%) and Upper Darby (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 3,161 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,045 Folcroft residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 2,247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Folcroft.

3,045live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

2,247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Folcroft goes to work

Philadelphia11.3 mi away

32%1,026

Folcroft (in town)right here

4%116

Lower Merion9.7 mi away

3%97

Upper Darby4.3 mi away

3%89

Ridley2.6 mi away

3%87

Springfield4.3 mi away

2%72

Upper Merion15 mi away

2%61

Marple7.1 mi away

2%48

Chester5.9 mi away

1%44

Newtown10.1 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,477

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Folcroft commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

65%

24%

65%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Folcroft is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Folcroft are

2,363 jobs are based in Folcroft. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Folcroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Folcroft

2,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Folcroft residents hold

3,161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+8%

Jobs based in Folcroft, 2013 → 2023: 2,182 → 2,363. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.